A/Prof Vicky Schneider Deputy DirectorA/Prof Andrew Lonie DirectorDr Philippa Griffin Open Data Coordinator

*http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v498/n7453/pdf/498255a.pdf

Data infrastructure in the genomic era

Digitalinfrastructureinthegenomicera

History:Australiaisbiganddistant

2010:EBIMirrorproject

MakingresearchtoolsanddataaccessibleinAustralia

MakingresearchtoolsanddataaccessibleinAustralia

2010:EBIMirrorproject

Scalability?

EBI projection of infrastructure requirements 2015

EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource (BRAEMBL)

Mission:

1. Ensure we have access to the tools and data we need to be globally competitive

2. Showcase Australian life science research

3. Advise, support and train

How?

Hosting: critical tools and data

Supporting: through network of expertise and training

Contributing: Australian flagship science (incl tools)

Collaborating and participating: With world-leading institutes and initiatives (EBI, ELIXIR, BD2K)

ReFuGe 2020:Great Barrier Reef

Koala genome

Key Areas

EMBL-ABR is the vehicle for the Australian Bioinformatics community to actively participate in world’s best practice bioinformatics, positioning our institutions at the forefront with international partners. Cyverse, ELIXIR, BD2K

.

WhydoweneedEMBL-ABR?

Examples:• methods and tools: dev, longterm, adoption…

• Adoptability and adaptability ofExisting solutions OS: e.g. ENSEMBL annotation service

• FAIR data and data resources:AU data, flagship projects…

• Scalability and accessibility ofTraining

• Direct participation and ensuringAU needs are considered: standards

• Making the most of existing“hard” Infrastructure

1. Ensure Australia has access to the tools and data we need to be globally competitive

2. Showcase Australian life science research

3. Advise, support and train

CloudData Scalable@ 10-20 PBData

@ 1-2 PBHPC Capability @ > 1 Pf/sHPC

Specialised @ 100 Tf/sNetwork Layer-1 @ Nx100Gb

National level bioinformatics?

Key Areas

EMBL-ABR is the vehicle for the Australian Bioinformatics community to actively participate in world’s best practice bioinformatics, positioning our institutions at the forefront with international partners. Cyverse, ELIXIR, BD2K

.

ELIXIR

European Research Infrastructure for Life Sciences

Arapidlyevolvinginternationalcontext

EMBL Australian Bioinformatics Resource (EMBL-ABR) is a distributed national research infrastructure providing bioinformatics support

to life science researchers in Australia.

EMBL-ABR aims to:

1. increase Australia’s capacity to collect, integrate, analyse, exploit, share and archive the large heterogeneous data sets now part of modern life sciences research.

2. contribute to the development of and provide training in data, tools and platforms to enable Australia’s life science researchers to undertake research in the age of big data.

3. showcase Australian research and datasets at an international level.

4. enable engagement in international programs that create, deploy and develop best practice approaches to data management, software tools and methods, computational platforms and bioinformatics services.

Key Areas

EMBL-ABR is the vehicle for the Australian Bioinformatics community to actively participate in world’s best practice bioinformatics, positioning our institutions at the forefront with international partners. Cyverse, ELIXIR, BD2K

.

EMBL-ABR started in its current form in Feb 2016

• hub – nodes network structure

• hub hosted at VLSCI, University of Melbourne

• 10 nodes at the institution/organisation level across Australia

+ExecutiveTeam

Paul FlicekLead, Vertebrate

Genomics & ENSEMBL

Jaap HeringaHead, ELIXIR-NL

Vivien BonazziSenior Advisor Data

Science Tech & Innovation

Jason WilliamsEducation, Outreach

and Training Lead

Andrew YoungDirector, National Research Collections Australia, ACT

Mark WalkerDirector, Aust Infectious Disease Res Centre, UQ

Delphine FleuryAus Centre for Plant

Functional Genomics, SA

Sean GrimmondDirector, Centre for UoM

Cancer Research, VIC

Rebecca JohnsonDirector, Australian Museum

Research Institute, NSW

Jenny MartinCo-Director, Breakthrough

Science Program, Centre for Superbug Solutions, UQ

International Scientific Advisory Group

Thanks!

Madison Flannery

Developer

Simon GladmanResearch Scientist

Philippa GriffinOpen Data Coordinator

Thank YOU J

www.embl-abr.org.au